Electric Fields and Magnetism - Practice Test

Electric fields and Magnetism: Practice Test
Questions
Q1.
Answer the question with a cross in the box you think is correct . If you change your mind
about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
A coil of N turns and cross-sectional area A is perpendicular to a magnetic field of flux density B. The
magnetic flux linkage is X.
A second coil with N/2 turns and cross-sectional area 3A is perpendicular to a magnetic field of flux
density 2B.
Which of the following gives the magnetic flux linkage with the second coil?
Answer = B
(Total for question = 1 mark)
Q2.
A teacher is demonstrating the electric field around a charged sphere. She hangs a small conducting
sphere from a nylon thread as shown.
(a) Nylon is an insulator.

Suggest why an insulator is used to suspend the sphere.
(1)
Ans: Since nylon is an insulator it will not allow current to flow in it which prevents
the teacher from getting an electric shock when touching the thread.
(b) Sketch the electric field around a positively charged sphere.
(2)
(c) A conducting sphere acts as a capacitor with a capacitance C where

C = 4πε0r
and r is the radius of the sphere.
The sphere has a radius of 3.0 cm and is at a potential of +1500 V.
Calculate the electric field strength E at a point 7.0 cm from the surface of the sphere. (4)
Ans: Total distance = 7 + 3 = 10 cm = 0.1m
E = V / d = 1500 / 0.1 = 15000
E = .................15000 V m ^-1................................
(Total for question = 7 marks)

Q3.
The diagram shows an electron beam tube of a type first used by Perrin to demonstrate that electrons
have negative charge.
(a) Describe how the electron beam is produced.
(2)
Ans: The heated cathode gets the electrons in the ions excited. Then
because of the anode there is an attraction which in result loses an
electron that continues forwards in a path.
(b) There is a potential difference of 225 V between the cathode and the anode.
Show that the speed of the electrons leaving the anode is about 9 × 106 m s–1.
(2)
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(iii) State why the weight of the electrons can be ignored.
(1)
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Q4.
The electric toothbrush shown contains a rechargeable battery. The battery is charged by placing the
toothbrush onto the charger, with no electrical contact between the toothbrush and the charger.
The charger contains a coil wrapped around an iron core. The coil is plugged into the mains supply. The
toothbrush also contains a coil that sits around the iron core when the toothbrush is placed on the
charger.
*(a) Describe how this arrangement enables the battery to be charged.

(4)
Ans: The charger acts like an electromagnet. The electricity from
the mains supply helps create a magnetic field. The magnetic
field then interacts with the coil inside the toothbrush. As a
result, the electrons inside the battery circuit start moving and
therefore the battery gets charged.
*(b) An electric motor in the toothbrush causes the brush to oscillate at high speed.
The diagram shows a simple electric motor.
The switch is closed.

Explain why the coil starts to rotate.
(4)
Ans: The coil rotates as the toothbrush is already charged and once
the coil starts to move with momentum, it will take some time to stop.
(c) In one type of toothbrush the distance between the two sides of the coil is 6.5 mm.
The coil makes 5.5 × 103rotations every minute.
Calculate the speed v of the side of the coil.
(3)
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v = .............................................................

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(a) Nylon is an insulator.

(c) A conducting sphere acts as a capacitor with a capacitance C where

Ans: Total distance = 7 + 3 = 10 cm = 0.1m

E = V / d = 1500 / 0.1 = 15000

(Total for question = 7 marks)

because of the anode there is an attraction which in result loses an

electron that continues forwards in a path.

(Total for question = 5 marks)

*(a) Describe how this arrangement enables the battery to be charged.

The switch is closed.

(Total for question = 11 marks)

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